WHAT WE KNOW AND WHO POLICE SAY IS ACCUSED OF THE MURDER. NEIGHBORS SAID THEY HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A FIGHT INSIDE THIS APARTMENT LAST NIGHT ON NORTH "G" STREET AND THEN A LOUD THUD. WHEN A NEIGHBOR LOOKED INSIDE THEY SAID THE MAN WHO LIVED HERE WAS NOT BREATHING. POLICE HAVE NOT NAMED THE MAN WHO LIVED HERE OR HOW THEY THINK HE DIED, BUT POLICE SAID IT APPEARED TO BE AN OBVIOUS HOMICIDE AND THAT THEY FOUND BLOOD INSIDE THE APARTMENT. <> "he seems to be a nice fellow to me, that's all I know about him, he lives with a girl there next door." JAMES WINGFIELD LIVES NEXT DOOR, BUT SAYS HE DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING LAST NIGHT UNTIL HE NOTICED ALL THE POLICE. <> "there was tape all around over there and tied to my porch post here and there were officers out here and I said, what's this for, and they said we're under an investigation over here next door." 38 YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER WAYNE DUREN WAS ARRESTED. HE'S FACING CHARGES OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND PAROLE VIOLATIONS. POLICE HAVE NOT SAID HOW HE KNEW THE VICTIM. ACCORDING TO COURT RECORDS DUREN PLEADED GUILTY IN JANUARY 2019 TO HAVING METHAMPHETAMINE AND DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. IMPOSITION OF HIS SENTENCE WAS WITH HELD FOR 5 YEARS. POLICE HAVE NOT SAID IF THEY THINK THE DEATH WAS DRUG RELATED. SINCE MONDAY IS A HOLIDAY, THE PROSECUTOR SAYS FORMAL FIRST DEGREE MURDER CHARGES COULD BE FILED ON TUESDAY. POLICE SAY RIGHT NOW THEY'RE NOT SEARCHING FOR ANYMORE SUSPECTS IN

Fort Smith police arrested a man accused of murdering another man Thursday night.Police were called to the area of N 12th and G Street at about 9:45 p.m.When they arrived, they found a man's body inside a home. They also located several witnesses.Investigators identified Christopher Duren, age 38, as a suspect.Duren was arrested on a charge of first-degree murder and booked into jail.Police have identified the victim as 47-year-old Eric Reed.